In the trailer he's in a psych ward. It'd be cool if the game had the protagonist be a schizophrenic who only thinks he's Dante. Playing as a schizo is always a huge mindfuck (see: Killer7, Eternal Darkness). As an added bonus, have him meet the REAL Dante later in the game.

That would actually be pretty awesome. It would put a pretty cool twist. It would also keep yourself asking "who am I playing as?".

wouldn't it be obvious because of character design and especially hair color?

In the trailer he's in a psych ward. It'd be cool if the game had the protagonist be a schizophrenic who only thinks he's Dante. Playing as a schizo is always a huge mindfuck (see: Killer7, Eternal Darkness). As an added bonus, have him meet the REAL Dante later in the game.

That would actually be pretty awesome. It would put a pretty cool twist. It would also keep yourself asking "who am I playing as?".

wouldn't it be obvious because of character design and especially hair color?

Yo shut up.

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The main problem of this is not the hair color of Dante (which is dumb to complain about in the first place) is that this can be just another God of War clone and DMC is another the league from that series.

When you, and almost everyone else, has been bitching about it nonstop for four pages, it's time to talk about something other than how CAPCOM TOTALLY FUCKING RUINED DMC I MEAN GOD WHY DID THEY CHANGE HIS FUCKING HAIR!!!!

When you, and almost everyone else, has been bitching about it nonstop for four pages, it's time to talk about something other than how CAPCOM TOTALLY FUCKING RUINED DMC I MEAN GOD WHY DID THEY CHANGE HIS FUCKING HAIR!!!!

Try the whole fucking redesign. The hair's just the most obvious and first difference you notice. But the overall result, hair aside, is just weird and not Dante-like.

I dunno, mayve I'm just annoyed by how much people bitch and whine over changes and/or sequels. Fallout 3 (it ruins the series!), Bioshock 2 (it destroys the integrity of the first game!), and other nonsense makes me leery of such complaints, especially when people say I just don't get it. Believe mem I get it, but there's a limit on how long I stay disgruntled at particular changes.

If the final game comes out and is a pile of shit, people can talk all day about how it's inferior to old DMC. Hell, I'd probably agree with them. But raising a stink over it now for so long seems idiotic.

I know that the game could come out and wind up being awesome in the end. As much as I dislike the design, I'm hoping for the best. But the initial reaction - not just on RPGFan boards but EVERYWHERE - isn't exactly a great start for Ninja Theory. It's a bit of a kneejerk reaction to automatically fear the worst, but the amount of changes is kinda jarring. People will either get used to the design or hope it's an identity crisis, give it time.